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FCC Aqualia
lands
contracts worth 1.1 billion Euros
To manage end-to-end water cycle
in Jerez over the next 25 years
FCC Aqualia, has been awarded a 25-year
contract by the Jerez city government to
provide the end-to-end water services
in the city, as approved by the city’s local
authorities after the company submitted its
offer for the contract put out to tender last
January.
Pursuant to this contract, worth close to
900 million Euros, FCC Aqualia, as any
other utility, will be billing users directly for
the services provided, as contemplated in
Reinforces its growth and improves efficiency
The company bolsters its expansion process
which, in 2012, thanks to its national and in-
ternational expansion drive, increased sales by
2.5% thanks to double-digit international sales
growth.
Develpment has gone hand-in-hand with en-
hanced efficiency which drove operating in-
come up by 6% and which has enabled the
company to improve its competitiveness and
increase its backlog by all-time high of 13.6
billion Euros.
its offer. It also contemplates further inves-
ments worth more than one million Euros
per year to upgrade networks and all ins-
tallations.
The contract includes managing 704 kilo-
metres of sewage network and 870 kilome-
tres of water supply pipeline by which 16.3
million cubic metres of drinking water are
supplied each year. Jerez also has 7 drin-
Félix Parra